GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
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| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| earthly | characteristic of or belonging to this earth |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| sentinel | sentry |
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| foray | a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid |